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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 13991" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Birch </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Joel Ray </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>16 Special Operations Squadron (8 T.F. Wing) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Captain </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>304360614 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>21st December 1972 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>36 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Section 66 Site 1669 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Phoenix, Arizona</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 20.1.1936</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father Lawrence Birch</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Velma G. Birch</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>wife Betty L. Birch</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>3 sons (Joel Jr, Charles & Gregory) , 2 daughters (Elizabeth & Victoria)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Masters degree from Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>electronic warfare officer</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>navigator/sensor operator (AC-130A Spectre gunship 56-0490)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Pakse, Laos</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>12 years service</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>remains recovered 1985</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C. Panel 01W Line 97 </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-birch.36123/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/36/36123-8ca374f890aeb03e991ae2e3dd74de08.jpg?1640084674" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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